Order Stomiatiformes (ray-finned fish)
Alternative spelling: Stomiiformes
Parent taxon: Stomiatii according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Afsari et al. 2014, Carnevale 2002, Fierstine et al. 2012, Long 2011, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Osmeriformes
Subtaxa: Diplophidae Gonostomata Gonostomatidae Gonostomatoidei Ichthyococcus Idrissia Ohuus Paravinciguerria Phosichthyidae Phosichthyoidei Praewoodsia Stomiidae Telepholis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore